The following master's thesis focuses on the possibilities of application of binaural sound in the movies as an alternative method of surround sound. The process of sound design using binaural technique for video is studied ...[+]

The following master's thesis focuses on the possibilities of application of binaural sound in the movies as an alternative method of surround sound. The process of sound design using binaural technique for video is studied in this thesis, in the range from the recording to the postproduction. The available techniques of sound processing are presented using the sound captured with binaural microphones as well as the sound registered later in the recording studio. The problems which might occur during the recording (incorrect position of the person who has the binaural microphones put on, his/her breath present on the recording) and the postproduction (correction of the sound which sounds too close to the ear using M/S processing, externalization by adding early reflections, correction of the levels of different sounds recorded at the same time with the use of a compressor, reverb reduction with an expander). The proposed solutions are the result of both applying the knowledge about sound localization and conducting experiments by the author. Each of the five scenes recorded with a camera are presented in five versions reflecting different types of processing (raw recording from the OKM microphones, the same one, but processed in Logic Pro, the sound registered in the postproduction studio and then processed using Binaural Panner available in Logic Pro, Panorama 5 by Wave Arts or mixed to stereo). After the processing all the scenes are evaluated quantitatively by the audience, and also in terms of quality by sound engineers. The main conclusions show that most people focus only on the right-left movements and not the front-back ones. Moreover, there's a tendency to point out the OKM and Panorama 5 recordings as the preferred ones, although in some cases the audience favors the stereo version.[-]